{"product_id":"giovannis-room","title":"Giovanni's Room","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Baldwin's groundbreaking novel — whose frank exploration of sexuality and self-acceptance was decades ahead of its time — named one of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e's Great American Novels of the past 100 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Baldwin writes . . . with unusual candor and yet with such dignity and intensity.\"\u003c\/em\u003e —The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1950s Paris, a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and conventional morality. David has just proposed marriage to his American girlfriend, but while she is away on a trip he becomes involved in a doomed affair with a bartender named Giovanni. With sharp, probing insight, James Baldwin's classic novel delves into the mysteries of love and tells a deeply moving story that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: September 12, 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 176\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780345806567\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAMES BALDWIN (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, \u003cem\u003eGo Tell It on the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections \u003cem\u003eNotes of a Native Son\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fire Next Time\u003c\/em\u003e were bestsellers that made him an influential figure in the growing civil rights movement. Baldwin spent much of his life in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in France in 1987, a year after being made a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453671751829,"sku":null,"price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/1045\/5957\/files\/97803458065678.webp?v=1781629675","url":"https:\/\/thebaldwinroom.com\/products\/giovannis-room","provider":"Thebaldwinroom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}